DbUp

What it does

Database support

The project lists providers for SQL Server, MySQL, SQLite, PostgreSQL, Firebird, Oracle, and Amazon Redshift, among others.checked 8 Oct 2026

Deployment checks

The upgrade engine can list scripts to execute or already executed, check whether an upgrade is required, test database connectivity, and perform an upgrade.checked 8 Oct 2026

Execution history

By default, DbUp records executed scripts in a SQL Server table named SchemaVersions and checks it to decide which scripts to skip.checked 8 Oct 2026

Hosting

DbUp can run from a console application, a class library embedded in an application, a website, or PowerShell.checked 8 Oct 2026

Logging

Built in logging options include console, trace, SQL context, custom loggers, and Microsoft.Extensions.Logging providers; logging is disabled when none is specified.checked 8 Oct 2026

Maintained providers

The repository identifies Sql Anywhere, SqlCE, and SQLite Mono as end of life and no longer maintained.checked 8 Oct 2026

Purpose

DbUp is a .NET library that deploys database changes by tracking executed SQL scripts and running those needed to update a database.checked 8 Oct 2026

Script sources

Scripts can come from embedded assemblies, the file system, static code supplied scripts, or custom providers.checked 8 Oct 2026

Security limitation

DbUp warns that dynamically generated code scripts can be vulnerable to SQL injection if database data is inserted into the resulting script.checked 8 Oct 2026

Support

The project points users to a Google Groups discussion group for questions and its GitHub issues page for bug reports.checked 8 Oct 2026

Transactions

It supports no transaction by default, a transaction per script, or one transaction, and cautions that not all changes can be rolled back.checked 8 Oct 2026

Variable substitution

DbUp supports basic script variable substitution, and throws an exception when a referenced variable is missing unless it appears in a comment.checked 8 Oct 2026